The Language of Poetry

1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-415-16928-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 315 g

Reihe: Intertext

The Language of Poetry:

* develops the student's ability to read and evaluate poetic texts of many kinds
* includes activities, commentaries and extensions to each extract
* covers a variety of poetic language, ranging from songs, advertisements and spoken language to the more traditional forms of the sonnet, ode and free verse
* includes poetry from Philip Larkin, Maya Angelou, Dylan Thomas and Tony Harrison.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mcrae, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Unit one: The look Unit two: The sound Unit three: The movement Unit four: The appeal Unit five: The places Unit six: The genders Unit seven: The images Unit eight: That was then, this is now

Über Autor(innen)

John McRae is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies at the University of Nottingham. He has been at the forefront of work on the language and literature interface for many years and is the co-author of The Routledge History of Literature in English.